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I think my 20 years of search & rescue as a medic, my BS in emergency management, and my Masters in Public Health exceeds your proposed 4-5 years of RN coursework.
And I think the 4 year BS in Biology, chemistry, or other hard sciences that most of my classmates had is equivalent to your proposed RN education.
Those 13 months of rotations in PA programs are full time (plus) totations. 50-60 hour work weeks are normal, with some approaching 80 hours a week. Standard for total hours is 2500 during those 13 months.
Meanwhile the standard for NP education is only 500 hours.
I think my 20 years of search & rescue as a medic, my BS in emergency management, and my Masters in Public Health exceeds your proposed 4-5 years of RN coursework.
And I think the 4 year BS in Biology, chemistry, or other hard sciences that most of my classmates had is equivalent to your proposed RN education.
Those 13 months of rotations in PA programs are full time (plus) totations. 50-60 hour work weeks are normal, with some approaching 80 hours a week. Standard for total hours is 2500 during those 13 months.
Meanwhile the standard for NP education is only 500 hours.
These programs are not equivalent to nursing in terms of difficulty. Majors like chemistry and physics are very intense programs.